I felt like I was being stood up. Just as I was about to get up and leave, a hand touched my shoulder and i felt someone breathing right into my ear. ...��You not leaving yet are you?’ Nathan said ‘umm no I thought that you stood me up.’ I said wondering what this man looked like I still havent turned around to see. ‘ Now why would I stand up someone that looks good enough to eat,’ he didnt say anything for a few minutes after that I was about to turn around, but he grabbed my stool so it wouldnt. Doc and Lettie left the clinic open with Hadalee and Nadalee staying to provide medical help in their absence. The leather shop and saddle shop had been shut down. They were ready to pull out early on April 5th.By the time the men had gotten the teams hitched and the tractors fired with a head of steam, the women had the children and babies loaded. Even with all the delays, they were able to leave out just before mid-day. With this many wagons, this many horses and mules, and the slow traveling. The fighting lasted until dawn. At first light, the body count was half the village, including Aromir's father, he dreaded telling his mother that they would be alone, that she would never see her husband again. "This was to be expected" the other men assured themselves, quietly grieving the loss of their friends and comrades.When they made their way back to the village, they were stopped cold by a grotesque view of their homes. During the night a group of Nocturnes came to the houses and. “You saw what it did to the street, to the store; sure as hell looked like something came through here,” he said while watching a boy, his blue cut-off overalls stained with streaks of mud. The boy sat on a big wheel and watched his mother gather soggy clothes from the wreckage of their home. “Where do you suppose they’ll go?” he asked.“I don’t know. Probably to a shelter, maybe stay with relatives.”“Don’t seem right,” he mumbled more than spoke.“Why’s that?” I asked.Again, the sadness returned.